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grotty

[ grot-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Slang.

grottier, grottiest.

seedy; wretched; dirty.

grotty

/ ˈɡ��ɒ��ɪ /

adjective

unpleasant, nasty, or unattractive
of poor quality or in bad condition; unsatisfactory or useless

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Word History and Origins

Origin of grotty¹

Perhaps grot(esque) + -y ¹, though senses do not correspond; apparently not akin to grody

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Word History and Origins

Origin of grotty¹

C20: from grotesque

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It was grotty and a foul damp smell hit me in the face and did not go when I opened the windows.

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In the meantime will some of us have to suck up a grotty winter?

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�� began as a shaggily low-stakes heist thriller before morphing into a grotty prison movie has now become an idyllic, sun-drenched landscape epic.

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The weather was so grotty Ms Truss's motorcade was doing laps of the block hoping the rain would ease off.

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Six years earlier, Mr. Rogers and Mr. Piano had entered a competition to design that cultural center, over a grotty parking garage in a red-light district.

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